Tuesday 11 June 2013

Ways of working

Ways of working


Shift work:
Shift work is a working pattern that involves an employee working at a scheduled amount of hours a day. Shift work is divided between the employees around the 24hours in a day. Some people may refer to different shifts such as night shift, morning shift and even afternoon shift.  The majority of retail jobs involve alot of shift work. The good things about working shift work is that your schedule is planned out so your aware of the hours and the sort of shift you'll be working.

Fixed term:
Fixed term employment is when employees are working under a contract that ends on a pacific date or when they have completed a project or task. people who work under a fixed term contract a usually people who are covering for a maternity leave or even been employed for a project. The good thing about working fixed term is that your aware of the length period of time that you will be for for. The disadvantage of working fixed term is the fact that once your contract has ended the employee would have to wait for andother period of time for another job.

Office hours:
Office hours are employees who work from 9am to 5pm, 5 days a week. Normally you'll find people who work in offices. For example receptionist. The good things about working within the office hours is that you earn a full pay and you that the job is permanent. When working within office hours, you do not get many breaks or holidays as much as other jobs.

Freelance:
Freelance is self employment. This means that you get hired from different companies to produce your work, For example some photographers work freelance. Working freelance is good and also bad, it can come across as good as you are able to work at your own rules and have more freedom, it can also be bad in ways as it can take time and become complicated for companies to employ you.

Irregular patterns:
Irregular working is either working outside or in home. Irregular work is employment which can be self employed. Employees that work under this working pattern are: Baby sitters, Salons, Maid, waitress, secretary etc. Working irregularly means that you can have the freedom of working were and when you want. It can also cause stress and interfere with personal life.

Hourly rate:
Hourly rate is when you work and get paid for the amount of hours you've worked for. people who work at a hourly rate a people who don't have much time to be working full time, for example students often work at a hourly rate, This can also be known as a 0 hour contract work. This can also be a disadvantage as you could get paid minimal wage according to your age.

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